Investigate using expo

[david-venhoff]

Describe the Problem

We might consider using the expo sdk, as it provides a nice set of maintained utilities.

Describe Your Preferred Solution

Decide whether using expo is worth it

Describe Possible Alternatives

Do not use expo

Related Issues

#1015

Additional Information

Non-exhaustive list of community-maintained dependencies we could get rid of:

• @notifee/react-native
• react-native-audio-recorder-player
• react-native-device-info
• react-native-fs
• react-native-image-picker
• react-native-permissions
• react-native-sound-player
• react-native-tts

Expo also makes it very simple to reuse native ui, making it possible to potentially also get rid of:

• react-native-element-dropdown
• react-native-progress

[LeandraH]

Are we talking about a full rewrite of our app using Expo or just about replacing some packages with expo versions and installing the expo package as a dependency? If we are talking full rewrite (which I'm skeptical about), I don't think it would make sense to switch to their deployment system.

[david-venhoff]

Ah good point, I only meant using the sdk for now, which would roughly mean to follow this guide. I updated the issue to clarify this is only about the sdk.